I do NOT understand how zip is still the default. I use .tgz wherever I can.
Compatibility with literally anything under the sun that can decompress a compressed file.
But isn’t that’s given with tgz too?
Except of course Windows iirc
Why use this over .7z? I’m legit curious.
Why use this over .xz? I’m legit curious.
XZ is a single file container, whereas 7Z is a full fledged complete compressor which can handle multiple files. I see no reason to prefer TAR+XZ.
yourfiles.tar.xz
Looks more like a one-way hash to me.
This is a one-way hash.
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Reminds me of the “grandma .zip” meme
Yay this is now a URL. If your intention was not to post a URL to some random website not loading anything but javadscript, put a space inside
“Example .com”
Fuck Google
Best explanation of tar/tar.gz that I have seen
